****************** * JUST RELEASED! * ****************** American couple meets Mark Twain in Vienna! A HONEYMOON IN VIENNA, 1898-1899 From the Diary of Mrs. Hiester Bucher of Lebanon, Pennsylvania By Mary Leah Christmas Thanksgiving Day, 1898: ...Was introduced to the great Leschetitzky, "Mark Twain" (Mr. Clemmens) and Miss Clemmens... A HONEYMOON IN VIENNA is the factual account of a trip to Europe by a young doctor and his new bride. In transcribing and annotating her great-grandmother's Vienna diary entries, Christmas discovered not only the date of their fateful meeting with Mark Twain, but also that the Buchers, during their five-month residence, had places and people in common with him. Dr. Hiester Bucher, newly graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, was furthering his medical studies at the University of Vienna. The American medical community there was close knit; and it was this closeness--and the hospi- tality of the U.S. Ambassador--that set the scene for the Bucher-Clemens meeting. A HONEYMOON IN VIENNA is 98 pages, which includes an intro- duction about Mark Twain's time in Vienna, extensive foot- notes of historical and Twainy interest, and some original photographs. Scholarly assistance on this project was kindly given by an authority on Mark Twain's Vienna years. Mrs. Christmas is a writer, an editor, and a member of the Mark Twain Circle. A HONEYMOON IN VIENNA is available to Mark Twain Forum members, by check, at the reduced rate of $6.00 each (regularly $6.95), which includes shipping and handling. Mary Leah Christmas, P.O. Box 1475, Dover, DE 19903-1475.